Friday, May 7, 2010

Slow justice for acid victims

Photo by: Heng Chivoan Mean Sokreoun, 37, sitting at her home near Takhmao town on Wednesday, recounts a 1995 acid attack that left her with horrific scars. Her attacker was convicted in 2009 and sentenced to five years in prison, a punishment Mean Sokreoun has deemed woefully insufficient.

Advocates praise the push for an acid law, but say enforcement is crucial

TWO litres of a corrosive acid altered Mean Sokreoun’s life forever. Fifteen years ago, she was a vivacious 22-year-old living with the man she loved.

However, on a muggy evening in May 1995, all of that changed as she lay in front of the television. She felt a sudden burning sensation over her body. A woman had walked in and poured a container full of acid over her. Mean Sokreoun leapt to her feet and felt, to her horror, the corrosive liquid eating through her skin. Parts of her face – including her nose and one ear – melted away and fell to the floor. She struggled helplessly to catch them. But the damage was already done.

‘I feel like a dead person’
Today, Mean Sokreoun lives in poverty, squatting on a small plot of land near Takhmao town. She had to sell her home and her land to pay for years of treatment on the scars that left much of her body disfigured.

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Sacravatoons no 1698 : " Long live our Beloved King ! "

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Argument between police and workers during May Day Report by Sek Bandith, RFA Video by Uon Chhin Click to Read More... AddThis Posted by Socheata




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Publisher calls for arrests to stop

Photo by: Sovan Philong Information MInister Khieu Kanharith speaks to reporters during an event marking World Press Freedom Day on Monday.

AN opposition-aligned publisher who was recently released from prison after being convicted of disinformation was among those who marked World Press Freedom Day on Monday by calling for a moratorium on journalist arrests and condemning the government for a spike in such arrests over the last 12 months.

“Hopefully after the World Press Freedom Day, no journalist will be arrested or imprisoned due to reporting the critical inaction of government and law enforcement,” Hang Chakra, publisher of Khmer Machas Srok, said during a ceremony marking the inauguration of a new office for the Press Council of Cambodia. Read More...

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